Awning.



D. w. THOMSON;

AWNING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1. 19:5.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

WITNESSES:

DONALD Vi THOMSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AW N ING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. ii, rare.

Application fi1ed. April 7, 1915. Serial No. 19,688. V

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DONALD W. THoMson, a citizen of the United States, and a res1- dent of New York, county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Awnings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.v i a This invention relates to a class of devices adaptedto be used in conjunction with the windows of buildings and elsewhere.

My inventionhas for its object primarily to provide an awning designed to be employed for preventing sunlight from penetrating through the window of a building and elsewhere when the sash thereof is raised to an open position, and which is of a form adapted to be readily applied to and removed from the window sash as well as being made wherebythe awning may be' folded into a compact parcel when not in use. a t

The invention consists essentially of two rods each provided with a clamp, '01- a bracket formed of two spaced substantially U-shaped inverted members, and these clamps are removably disposed in straddle spaced arrangement on the undersideof the lower-cross-rail of the window sash so that the rods will extend outwardly of the window when "the awning is in use. To the rods are connected the side edges of a flexible cover which'serves as the awning proper for excluding the sunlight from the room of the window.

()ther objects of the invention are to provide on the clamp of each rod a clip adapted to be detachably fastened to the frame of the sash for holding the clamps thereto,

against accidental displacement; and to provide on the'outer longitudinal edge of the coveringa removable rod adapted to detachably engage the outer ends of the rods for holding the covering against flapping when the wind blows.

A further object of the inventionis to provide an awning of simple and efiicientinvention being more fullydescribed hereinafter and the'npointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

The awning hastwo'supporting rods 10 and 11 adapted to be disposed in spaced re-.

lation preferably on similar inclines from the lower cross-rail of the sash 12 of a window 13of a building and elsewhere so as to extend outwardly therefrom. The rods 10 and '11 are preferably made of metal,'andthese rods may be of any desired lengths. On the inner end of each of the rods 10 .and 11 is'provided a clamp, or a bracket backwardly, as 15, relative to its inclined part. The adjacent part a of .each rod is turned vertically upward, at 16, and then dlsposed in a lateral direction, at 17, toward the other rod, after which it is bent downwardly, at18. The portion of each rod adjacent to its part 18 is bent forwardly, at 19, sons to be spaced from the straight part 15 and on the sameplane therewith, after which each rod isirefiexed upwardly in a. vertical direction, as at 20, then bent laterally, at 20, in spaced relation to the part 17 and on the sameplane therewith, and each rod is turned vertically downward, at 21, to its part 15. In this manner each of the clamps, or brackets 14 and 14 will be formed of two spaced complemental inverted U-shaped members, and at the opposite ends of the rods 10 and 11 are eyes, or openings 22 and 22 o. I

To both of the rods 10 and 11 between the eyes 22 and 22 and the clamps 14 and H are connected the side edges of the cover 23 of theawning. ,The'cover 23 is made of cloth of any other flexible material, and this cover may be made of a length to fit window sashes of various widths. As the rods are independent of each other and adapted to be removably applied tothe window sash they are susceptible of being adjusted to and from each other so asto be used in conjunction with dliferent w dth windows for permitting thecover to be also effectually employed for excluding the sunlight from theroom'of the window. The outer lengthwise edge of the flexible cover 23 is hemmed, at 24, to provide a passage therethrough, and in this passage is removably disposed a rod 25 having its ends bent to form hooks, as 26 and 27 adapted to be disposed into engagement with the eyes 22 and 22 of the rods 10 and 11.

The awning is especially adapted to be used when the sash of the window is raised from the bottom, or sill thereof, and when the shade of the window is lowered to the bottom rail of the sash. To apply the awning to the sash the rods 10 and 11 with the cover 23 are disposed outwardly of the window under the raised sash, and the clamps 14 and 14 are guided over the underside of the lower cross-rail of the sash in straddle arrangement thereon, or so that the lower edge of the rail is seated between the spaced inverted U-shaped members of the clamps. By then adjusting the rods 10 and 11 and the clamps adjacent to the ends of the rail the cover will be arranged exteriorly of the sash to exclude sunlight from the lower part of the window, and by guiding the hooks 26 and 27 of the rod 25 into the eyes 22 and 22 of the supporting rods 10 and 11 the cover will be held against flapping when the wind blows.

In order to hold the clamps 14c and 1 1 against accidental displacement, on the sash of the window are provided two clips, as 28 and 29, both of which are similarly formed. Each of the clips 28 and 29 has a spiral spring 30, and one end of each of the springs is connected to a small loop, as 31, provided on the rear of each of the clamps. Connectedto the other end of each of the spiral springs 30 is an angular strip 32 of substantially the shape of an inverted L, and in the lower arm of each of the inverted L-shaped strips is an opening 33.

When the awning is applied to the sash of a window, as above described, the strips 32 are directed upwardly against the tension of the springs 30, and these strips are detachably fastened to pins, as 3st and 35, provided on suitable parts of the lower rail of the sash of the window, the strips being disposed so that the pins will be inserted through their openings 33. As the springs 30 of the clips tend to normally force the clamps 14 and 14C upwardly on the crossrail of the sash the clips will then serve to effectually hold the awning against accidental displacement. When it is desired to remove the awning from the window the clips 28 and 29 are detached from the pins 3 1 and 35, and clamps 1% and 14c are withdrawn from their straddle arrangement on the cross-rail of the sash. The hooks 26 and 27 of the rod 25 of the awning cover 23 are then disengaged from the eyes 22 and 22 of the rods 10 and 11, and after removing the rod 25 from its passage in the cover, the parts of the awning may be rolled together into a compact parcel.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of my invention, but I do not wish to be understood as limit ing myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore I reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent 1. An awning consisting of two supporting rods with a flexible cover having spaced parts attached to the rods, and the rods as well as the cover being adapted to be disposed outwardly of a window when its sash is raised upwardly, two clamps, one on each of the rods, and adapted to be removably applied on the lower cross-rail of the sash for holding the supporting rods and the cover against accidental displacement to the sash, and a rod on the outer edge of the cover, formed so as to be detachably fastened to the supporting rods for preventing the cover from flapping.

2. An awning consisting of two supporting rods with a flexible cover having spaced parts attached to the rods, and the rods as well as the cover being adapted to be dis posed outwardly of a window when its sash is raised upwardly, and two clamps, each composed of two spaced complemental mem bers, integrally formed on the rear end of each of the rods, and both of the clamps being adapted to be removably disposed in straddle arrangement over the underside of the lower cross-rail of the sash for holding the supporting rods and the cover against accidental displacement to the sash.

3. An awning consisting of two supporting rods with a flexible coverhaving spaced parts attached to the rods, and the rods as well as the cover beingadapted to be disposed outwardly of a window when its sash is raised upwardly, two clamps, each composed of two spaced complemental inverted substantially U-shaped members integrally formed on the rear end of each of the supporting rods, and both of the clamps being adapted to be removably disposed in straddle arrangement over the underside of the lower cross-rail of the sash for holding the rods against accidental displacement to the sash.

4. An awning consisting of two supporting rods with a flexible cover having spaced parts attached to the rods, and the rods as well as the cover being adapted to be disposed outwardly of a window when its sash is raised upwardly, two clamps, each composed of two spaced complemental members integrally formed on the rear end of each of the rods, and both of the clamps being adapted to be removably disposed in straddle arrangement over the underside of the lower cross-rail of the sash, two clips, one on each of the clamps, and both clips being adapted to be detachably fastened to the sash to hold the clamps thereto, and a rod on the outer edge of the cover, formed so as to be detachably fastened to the supporting rods for preventing thecover from flapping.

5. An awning consisting of twosupporting rods with a flexible cover having spaced parts attached to the rods, and the rods as well as the cover being adapted to be disposed outwardly of a window when its sash is raised upwardly, two brackets, each composed of two spaced complemental inverted substantially Ushaped members integrally formed on the rear end of each of the supporting rods, and both of the brackets beto the sash to hold the brackets thereto, and

a removable rod on the outer edge of the cover, formed so as to be detachably fastened to the supporting rods for preventing the cover from flapping.

This specification. signed and witnessed this sixth day of April, A. D. 1915.

DONALD W. THOMSON.

Witnessesi v RoB'r. B. ABBOTT, M. DERMODY.

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